Today is the day.
Today is the day when we get to experience beer right from the cask. According to beer writer William Bostwick, cask beer is served fresh from a wooden barrel, traditionally, or a metal cask, more common nowadays; kept at cellar temperature (50-55 degrees versus a refrigerator’s 35-40), and lightly carbonated by the digestive action of living yeast. Yes, compared to a brisk, bubbly keg pour, it’s warm(ish) and flat(ish).
All that said, the beer we get from the cask should be far richer in the subtle flavors lost with over-chilling.
Now 2nd Shift’s Cask Festival 2018, is back and will take place at the St. Louis taproom today. Here is the pour list for the event. Ticket sales stop at 12pm and there are only a few tickets left. Link to purchase is down below.
Cask Festival 2018
A Festival of Cask Beer!
Guerrilla Street Food will provide a traditional Filipino Pig Roast dinner to all attendees.
Bottle sharing is encouraged at this festival so bring along any beers you’ve been waiting to share
New Releases
No beer event is complete without a new release. At Cask Fest, 2nd Shift is releasing Plum Katy – available first to all ticket holders.
Attending Breweries are:
Pipeworks Brewing Company
Wellspent Brewing Company
4 Hands Brewing Company
Narrow Gauge Brewing Company
Perennial Artisan Ales
Earthbound Beer
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company
Main & Mill Brewing Company
Wannabe Brewing
Marz Community Brewing
White Rooster Farmhouse Brewery
Heavy Riff Brewing Company
Logboat Brewing Company
Civil Life Brewing Company.
Exit 6 Pub and Brewery
Friendship Brewing Company.
2nd Shift Brewing
*This is a rain or shine event*
The festival will be held outside, with indoor seating & 2nd Shift taps available to pour as you will. In case of rain or sleeting, this event will be held entirely inside.
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